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Metroid Snowglobe
"You've been a part of me for so long, I can't remember anything else." -Ripley, Alien 3
I see a lot of similarities between Alien series and Metroid series. Strong female lead, fearsome, speechless alien menace. Sparse dialoague. Quality sci-fi. Well, sometimes.
Pencil sketch and ~20 to 30 hrs in photoshop CS5. I could spend even more time on it, but it would be polishing a turd at this point.
I wanted to upload something I was actually satisfied with. Still not quite sure I succeeded.